Upper Arlington vs Westerville

A side-by-side comparison of Upper Arlington and Westerville: population, income, housing, and more.

Upper Arlington and Westerville are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Westerville has the higher population (38,543 vs 36,319 in Upper Arlington). Upper Arlington has the higher median household income ($150,993 vs $107,054 in Westerville). Upper Arlington has the higher median home value ($568,200 vs $343,200 in Westerville).

Population, income & housing

	Upper Arlington	Westerville
Population	36,319	38,543
Median age	40.6 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$150,993	$107,054
Median home value	$568,200	$343,200
Median gross rent	$1,480	$1,409
Housing units	15,122	15,878
Homeownership rate	79.1%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.2%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Upper Arlington	Westerville
Population	35,299 → 36,319 (+2.9%)	39,877 → 38,543 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$123,548 → $150,993 (+22.2%)	$93,717 → $107,054 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$397,300 → $568,200 (+43.0%)	$237,300 → $343,200 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,274 → $1,480 (+16.2%)	$1,102 → $1,409 (+27.9%)

Upper Arlington

Population

35,29936,319

Median household income

$123,548$150,993

Median home value

$397,300$568,200

Median gross rent

$1,274$1,480

Westerville

Population

39,87738,543

Median household income

$93,717$107,054

Median home value

$237,300$343,200

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Upper Arlington	Westerville
Under 5	7.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	3.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.9%
75 and over	8.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Upper Arlington	Westerville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	81.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.1%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Upper Arlington	Westerville
No high school diploma	1.7%	2.3%
High school graduate	5.6%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	38.4%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Upper Arlington	Westerville
Drove alone	68.9%	67.9%
Carpooled	3.2%	3.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.2%
Worked from home	24.7%	25.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Upper Arlington	Westerville
1-unit, detached	73.2%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	6.6%
20 or more units	5.5%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Upper Arlington	Westerville
Poverty rate	2.9%	5.4%
Average household size	2.51	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1959	1982